RESOURCES
COURSE SCHEDULE
DATE 📅
TOPIC 💡
READING(S) 📄
NOTES 📚
WEEK 1
Tuesday 9/8
Thursday 9/10
An introduction to the “scientific worldview”
Views of science & scientists
None
Recent news articles
None
None
WEEK 2
Tuesday 9/15
Thursday 9/17
The origins of natural philosophy
The origins of natural philosophy
Plato, Timaeus
Aristotle (various excerpts)
None
None
WEEK 3
Tuesday 9/22
Thursday 9/24
The scientific method
Determinism and classical mechanics
Francis Bacon, Rene Descartes
Johann Kepler (various excerpts)
Group 1 Presents
None
WEEK 4
Tuesday 9/29
Thursday 10/1
Determinism and classical mechanics
Peer Editing
Isaac Newton, Mathematical Principles
None
None
Op-Ed Paper 1 Due
WEEK 5
Tuesday 10/6
Thursday 10/8
Connections to Epistemology
Connections to Epistemology
Descartes, Mercer, Teresa of Ávila
Immanuel Kant, Prolegomena to any Future Metaphysics